The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in his trial over the alleged unlawful interception of telephone communications belonging to National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
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Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ruled on Monday that the Department of State Services (DSS) had presented sufficient evidence to require El-Rufai to enter his defence.
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The judge consequently ordered the former governor, who is the sole defendant in the case, to open his defence.
El-Rufai, through his counsel, Akinyemi Aremu, had argued that the prosecution failed to establish a case against him after the DSS concluded its presentation of evidence with two witnesses.
However, the DSS counsel, Oluwole Aladedoye, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, opposed the submission, arguing that the defence had failed to address Exhibit B, which allegedly contained an admission by El-Rufai that he intercepted Ribadu’s telephone communications.
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